Grantley Herbert Adams

Grantley Herbert Adams (28 April 1898-28 November 1971) was Premier of Barbados from 1 February 1953 to 17 April 1958, preceding Hugh Cummins, and Prime Minister of the Federation of the West Indies from 18 April 1958 to 31 May 1962.

Biography
Grantley Herbert Adams was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, United Kingdom on 28 April 1898. Educated in Barbados, he studied at Oxford University, became a lwyer, and returned to his island in 1925. He was elected to the House of Assembly in 1934, and he co-founded the Barbados Labor Party in 1938. He led the government from 1946 to 1958, and he agitated for full internal self-government; this was granted in 1958. He also supported the creation of the short-lived Federation of the West Indies, and he was its only Prime Minister. He spent the remaining years of his life as the leader of the BLP in opposition, and he was knighted in 1967, dying four years later.